Sony
Staff Software Development Engineer in Test (Staff SDET)
United States, San Mateo, CA · Staff+
Sponsorship not specified$208k-$312kDetected 12 days ago
JavaScriptPythonGitDockerCI/CDJenkinsPlaywrightpytestAppiumTest AutomationLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationMentoring
About the role
- Sony Interactive Entertainment isn't just the Best Place to Play - it's also the Best Place to Work.
- Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is the company behind the PlayStation brand.
- SIE is a dynamic technology company, delivering cutting-edge hardware and network services to more than 100 million people and an entertainment leader, home to some of the most beloved and recognizable intellectual (IP) in the world.
Responsibilities
- Lead and influence the overall quality engineering strategy across PlayStation console, mobile, portal, hardware, and service ecosystems.
- Drive architecture-level automation solutions and scalable quality engineering practices across multiple teams and product areas.
- Design, build, and scale automation frameworks across UI, API, integration, telemetry, hardware, portal, and end-to-end testing layers.
- Lead cross-functional initiatives focused on automation stability, flakiness reduction, infrastructure modernization, and long-term QE scalability.
- Partner closely with Engineering, Product, Program Management, and QE leadership to drive
- Lead strategic improvements in hardware/device testing, cloud/device lab orchestration, telemetry validation, observability, and production-like validation environments.
- Lead complex root-cause investigations and drive systemic fixes to recurring quality issues across platforms and teams.
Requirements
- BS/MS degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience.
- 8+ years of experience in Software Development Engineering in Test (SDET), automation engineering, or quality engineering roles.
- Proven experience leading large-scale mobile quality engineering initiatives across multiple teams or product areas.
- Strong programming/scripting experience in Python, JavaScript, or similar languages.
- Strong expertise with automation frameworks such as Playwright, Pytest, Appium, Selenium.
- Experience architecting and optimizing CI/CD pipelines, quality gates, and release validation systems using Jenkins or similar platforms.
- Practical experience with development and deployment tooling such as Git, Jenkins, Docker, Appium, cloud/device lab solutions, browser-based portal testing, and hardware/device validation workflows.
- Experience leveraging AI-assisted testing tools and driving innovation in AI-based automation, test generation, defect analysis, and productivity improvements.
- Experience driving test strategy, release quality planning, risk management, and operational quality improvements for large-scale systems.
- Experience mentoring engineers and leading cross-functional technical initiatives.
- Deep experience designing automation frameworks and implementing automated testing solutions across UI, API, integration, telemetry, portal, hardware, and end-to-end layers.
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and systems-thinking abilities with a focus on identifying and solving systemic quality gaps.
- Proven ability to influence engineering organizations, drive adoption of best practices, and align teams on scalable quality strategies.
- Comfortable operating in fast-paced Agile environments with evolving requirements and multiple stakeholders.
Compensation
- At SIE, we consider several factors when setting each role's base pay range, including the competitive benchmarking data for the market and geographic location.
Benefits
- Drive R&D initiatives around AI-assisted testing and modern quality engineering solutions to address automation gaps, improve coverage, accelerate test generation, enhance failure analysis, and reduce manual effort.
- Define and track quality metrics, automation health, pipeline stability, release risk indicators, and defect trends to drive data-informed quality decisions.
Equal opportunity
- Statement:
- Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender (including gender identity, gender expression and gender reassignment), race (including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, marital or civil partnership status, disability, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy, maternity or parental status, trade union membership or membership in any other legally protected category.
- We strive to create an inclusive environment, empower employees and embrace diversity. We encourage everyone to respond.
- Sony Interactive Entertainment is a Fair Chance employer and qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment.
This listing is sourced directly from Sony's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.